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Flankersea I am trying to duplicate your profile but I am having trouble with the monitor config file. Could you please attach your monitor config file? Thanks

I used {-1.80,0.77} for my 1920 monitor and this puts the Controls Indicator in the center top of my screen. When I tried to combine this with the transparency mod, the game crashed. Your mod worked fine but put the Control Indicator in the lower left. In summary, I can put the CI in the center top but not using your mod. I don't know what the issue is.

I used {-1.80,0.77} for my 1920 monitor and this puts the Controls Indicator in the center top of my screen. When I tried to combine this with the transparency mod, the game crashed.

Qnnrad Thanks for the tips, but I could not do it for a 1920x1080 main screen. I had looked at the same type of mod for the Blackhawk H60 mod that worked for the H60 and placed the cross in the upper middle. However, nothing worked for the Apache. Thanks for trying.

I just use Bunny Clark's latest interface and then code the pilot button and the CPG button on the same button.

I have both the CH pedals and the cheaper TM pedals and I still use my old CH pedals. However, no matter what I do, yaw control is very hard and uncertain. I have flown other helios, but nothing like what I am experiencing with the Apache. Someone prepared a custom curve which I am trying out.

Qnnrad Thanks for your effort. I was just about to try it myself. Now I will have to wait.

HReich At the present time, I cannot figure out how to hide one set of MFDs for the other so I have the CPG MFDs in the top screen and the Pilot MFDs in the bottom screen and using Bunny Clark's latest versions of the interface, I double coded each MFD button so that they work in either the Pilot or the CPG cockpit. I just got up and will review your other questions later. Best bet is to go over to CZ's discord channel for more help.

Yes. I would like you to please do a mod putting the indicator in the center top. I don't know how much of a priority this is for DCS to do. Thanks.

Bunny Clark For some reason, I cannot get the Master Warning and Master Caution buttons to light up in your profile. The appearance reference is to "{Helios}/Images/Indicators/indicator.png" and I do not seem to have a folder for indicators. Could that be the issue?

Bunny Clark In reviewing your profile, I notice that sometimes you check the Bypass Cascading Trigger box and sometimes you don't. I am trying to understand when to check and not check the box, but it is very confusing. Any thoughts?

hreich Thank you for asking. I don't have to tell you how much time this stuff takes. I am also including the init lua files that you will need. Just put the monitor config file in its normal location and adjust for your monitor sizes. Put the hpf file in the Helios profile subfolder, and finally put the init lua files in a mod manager. 0 Ares combined AH64.zip

In case you have some free time, attached is my monitor config file (1920x1080 x2) and my Helios profile based on Bunny's json file. I still need to add some json coding to the keyboard, but I think everything else has been done. Apache Duel V1.hpf ARES DUAL V1.lua

Bunny You are much more advanced than I am. However, I took your prior json file and created a single monitor config file and a single Helios profile that worked for both the Pilot and CPG seats. In order to do so, I had to put the CPG MFDs in the HUD, but double coded the MFD buttons so they worked for both the Pilot and CPG MFDs. When in the CPG seat, the MFDs in the HUD as well as the TEDAC work. In the pilot seat, the MFDs in the second screen work and of course the TEDAC goes blank. I have a headache just thinking about this.

This looks great; however, any chance you could publish your monitor config file (I know it is going to be different from mine but I can use it for a reference) and the viewport names that you used for the various init lua files?

I could not find this button in your interface list: "The Pilot / CPG button is a Helios-only button that toggles panel hiding, it doesn't talk to DCS at all." Is this a button you did or must I do it in helios that will trigger the hidden panels (which always gives me problems)? I assume that once I find/figure out how to do this button, I can then code the Pilot MFDs etc and separately code the CPG MFDs etc? BTW, I renamed your latest interface so I can still keep your prior interface that I have already coded for the pilot. AH-64D AND NAH-64D. How does Helios know which MFD I am coding-pilot or CPG? Do I code each MFD button for both the pilot and cpg so that it will work in either cockpit. Sorry if these questions may sound silly, but I am getting confused. I may just want to go with 2 helios profies-one for each seat to keep things simple-although not the greatest solution.

How come the TEDAC screen does not appear in the CPG cockpit? Are the button commands in the lower right screen above included-I could not find them. Don't I need those buttons to switch cockpits so I can code the MFDs separately for the pilot and CPG?

I have the same problem with CH pedals and just gave up and assigned the brakes to a button on the Throttle.

Bunny Clark 1. So far, the TEDAC buttons that I have tried and believe are implemented work fine. 2. Interesting, the Keyboard works in both the Pilot and CPG seats but not the MFDs. 3. I believe that ultimately, we are going to need two Helios profiles, but who knows. Your idea of toggle buttons is interesting, but we will just have to wait and see. 4 Do you agree that I can copy/paste the MFD json commands and just change the deviceId from 42 to 44 and 43 to 45? PS: I also believe that if I copy/paste the MFDs, besides changing the deviceId number, perhaps the device name should be change from Left MFD to CPG Left MFD to avoid confusion when assigning commands to the buttons if I end up using one large json file.

Bunny Clark It looks to me that not only will we need two monitor config files, but also two Helios profile files, one for the pilot and one for the CPG. As a test, I tried to use the pilot MFD buttons that I assigned from your Json file, but they did not work in the MFD CPG cockpit. I guess they have different deviceId numbers. Perhaps a copy/paste from the pilot list and just change the deviceId numbers? I think the pilot id's are 42 and 43 so perhaps the CPG deviceId's would be 44 and 45 based on the list in devices.lua. Double work. PERHAPS ONE JSON FILE AND ONE LARGE HELIOS PROFILE FILE CAN BE USED THAT INCLUDES ALL 4 MFD CODING. WHAT DO YOU THINK? Also, I did find some of the numbers needed to do the Json file, but not all of them. It is definitely a migraine problem and may just be beyond my limited ability.

Bunny I finally got your Apache interface working in my profile. I noticed that the version you sent me did not have the TEDAC controls for the CPG cockpit. Any chance of you finishing that part up? I may try to do the TEDAC myself. I looked at your Json file and if I knew where to get items like the deviceid (I think I know where that is), actionid, stopactionid, and stuff like that, I may give it a try. Thanks for your help.

When you fly as the CPG (with George), did you use the same controller buttons for the CPG as you did when you flew as the Pilot?

I too am getting a constant low RPM rotor warning and cannot figure it out.

As there are separate controller files for the pilot and CPG, can you use the same button assignments for both if you place both button assignments in each controller file? That is, if you use the TMS 4 way switch for commands a, b, c and d for the pilot, can you use the same button assignments for the CPG if you also put those commands to the same buttons in the CPG file?

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